Meet Our Board

Neal Childs – President

Neal Childs moved with his family to Nigeria when he was 11 years old.  He returned to the US to attend Oral Roberts University where he got his degree in Management Information Systems in 1989 – the same year he married Danette.  He worked as a systems engineer for 9 years, while serving as youth pastor at their church in Michigan before moving to Little Rock, AR to attend Agape School of World Evangelism. They were sent with their family to Niger from Agape Missionary Alliance in 1998.  There, Neal has served as president of Vie Abondante, (Abundant Life) a national church planting ministry, since 2007.  In 2013, while in Niger, they founded RUN International (Reaching Unreached Nations). Neal is passionate about reaching the unreached through discipling new believers and training pastors.  Neal & Danette have been married for 29 years and have 3 children and 4 grandchildren.


Danette Childs – Vice-President 

Danette Childs grew up in Minnesota, a severe contrast to where she is now serving. (Niger is in the Sahara Desert!) She graduated from Oral Roberts University in 1988 with a degree in Social Work.  She met Neal at ORU and they were married in 1989.  She worked as a vocational therapist before becoming a full time mom and youth pastor with Neal.  She graduated from Agape School of World Evangelism in Little Rock, AR in 1997 and moved with her family to serve in Niger in 1998.  There she works alongside Neal in the Bible schools, children’s ministry and village outreaches.  In 2013 she co-founded RUN International (RUN) with her husband.  They have 3 children and 4 grandchildren – whom she’s passionate about seeing as often as possible (even if only on FaceTime).

 


Don Goodmanson – Treasurer

Don Goodmanson is on the Board of Trustees at Eastside Church in Park Rapids, MN.  He has been married to Yvonne for 58 years and they have 5 children, 12 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Together they lead a small group in their home – an extension of their church.  They have been in Network Marketing for over 38 years. Don enjoys fishing, caring for his (and many other’s) lawns and gardens and loves spending as much time as possible with his children, grandchildren and greats.

 


Scott Roberts – Secretary

Scott Roberts, an ordained minister and founder and president of Take The Challenge, is passionate about making disciples and training leaders. To that end, he pastored a start-up church in Branson, Missouri, traveled in and out of China to teach in house churches and Bible schools, and worked for 25 years as a software consultant before launching into full-time traveling missions focused on Africa, the Philippines and India in 2016. Scott enjoys camping, kayaking, basketball, volleyball, and tennis. Between being married to Scott and parenting their four totally amazing adult children, his wife Patty has not been bored in over 30 years.

 


Jack Coldren – Board Member

Jack Coldren, is president of Jack & Sharolyn Coldren Ministries, RTF Hope for Life Ministries and Jack’s Famous Salsa.  He has been married to Sharolyn for 46 years and they minister together in healing and freedom through Restoring the Foundations.  He is a missions and church consultant, life coach and walks in a prophetic ministry.  Jack & Sharolyn have 3 adult children and 5 amazing grandchildren.

 

 


Steve Miner – Board Member 

Steve Miner is the Senior Pastor at Cornerstone Christian Center in Antioch, California. He has had the privilege of leading over a dozen mission teams all around the world.  His passion is to see people find freedom in Christ and walk in their purpose.   Steve and his wife Maria are both graduates of Oral Roberts University and have been married since 1989.  They have 5 children and 1 grandson.